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" Created half to rise, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world... "
The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ... - Page 100
by Alexander Pope - 1835 - 442 pages
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Temple Bar, Volume 40

George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1874 - 588 pages
...prefer; Bom but to die, and reasoning but to err; Alike in ignorance, his reason such, Whether he thinks too little or too much; Chaos of thought and passion...prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled, The glory, jest, and riddle of the world." It is in this way, if by no means always in so epigrammatical...
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An Essay on Man: In Epistles to a Friend. Epistle II.

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1733 - 26 pages
...Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or dif-abus'd¿ '..> r? : Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all things, yet a Prey to all ; Sole Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory, ]eft, and Riddle, of thé World! Go wondrous Creature ! mount where...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1735 - 246 pages
...all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or dif-abus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall; 'S Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of tr»th, in endlefs error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, -and riddle, of the world ! Go wondrous creatHrt...
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An essay on man [by A. Pope]. With some humourous verses on the death of ...

Alexander Pope - Human beings - 1736 - 64 pages
...all confus'd. Still by hhnfelf abus'd, or dif-abus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; 1 5 Great Lord of all Things ; yet a Prey to all ; Sole Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory, Jeft, and Riddle of the World \ Go, wondrous Creature ' mount where...
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A Critical and philosophical Commentay on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man. In which ...

William Warburton - 1742 - 220 pages
...concluding Words of this fublime Defcription, where the Poet tells us, Man was Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all Things, yet a Prey to all; Sole Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory, Jeft, and Riddle of the World. , Indeed he paid fo much, as to contrive...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq ..., Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 432 pages
...Thought and Paflion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great Lord of all Things, yet a Prey to all ; Sole Judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The Glory f Jeft, and Riddle, of the World ! Here ddcribing the State of the...
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Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 374 pages
...all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; jj Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world ! VARIATIONS. After/ 1 8. in the MS....
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The Works of Alexander Pope Esq, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 274 pages
...Thought and Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; NOTEs. I* bufied in chuling, or doubtful in his choice, between two objefts equally wrong, the cafe...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. ...: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...Thought and Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd, or difabus'd ; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; No TE s. 10 bufied in chilling, or doubtful in his choice, between two objefts equally wrong, the...
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The Works of Alexander Pope: Moral essays

Alexander Pope - 1751 - 272 pages
...regulating his Reafon by the end of Life. Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd : The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world ! .Go, wond'rous creature ! mount where Science guides, 19 Go, meafure earth, weigh air, and ftate the tides ; VARIATIO NS. After jf 1 8. in the MS. For more...
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